Mollie Pathman (Durham Academy/Durham, N.C) was named the 2009 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School Scholar Athlete of the Year and three schools each placed multiple players on the 2009 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School Scholar All-America Team.

A forward, Pathman is a four-time NSCAA/adidas All-Region selection who received All-America honors in addition to her Scholar All-America recognition. The 2009 North Carolina Player of the Year, she maintains a 5.08 weighted grade point average and currently is enrolled in five advanced placement classes. She was joined on the Scholar All-America team by Durham Academy teammate Kelsey Zalimeni.

Whitewater High School in Fayetteville, Ga., placed three players on the squad: defenders Morganne Grimes and Jewelia Strickland and forward Erin Emerson. Leonardtown (Md.) High School also had two players named to the team: defender Taelar Errington and forward Johanna Rambo.

The NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-America selections were recognized at the annual All-America Luncheon, held in Philadelphia, Pa., on Jan. 16 as part of the 2010 NSCAA Convention.

2009 NSCAA/adidas Girls’ High School Scholar All-America Team

Goalkeepers
Player, School, City
Lyndse Hokanson, South River High School, Crofton, Md.
Chelsea Totaro, The Pennington School, Ewing, N.J.

Defenders

Alexandra Dohm, Liberty High School, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Taelar Errington, Leonardtown High School, Valley Lee, Md.
Morganne Grimes, Whitewater High School, Fayetteville, Ga.
Samantha Lofton, Central Mountain High School, Lock Haven, Pa.
Samantha Norman, Broadneck High School, Annapolis, Md.
Kacee Patrick, Highland High School, Salt Lake City, Utah
Amanda Pivacco, St. Thomas Aquinas HS, Davie, Fla.
Jewelia Strickland, Whitewater High School, Fayetteville, Ga.
Kelsey Zalimeni, Durham Academy, Mebane, N.C.

Midfielders

Ellen Axenfeld, Glenelg High School, Glenwood, Md.
Natalie Bill, Southern Boone County High School, Hartsburg, Mo.
Kayla Clarke, Quince Orchard High School, Gaithersburg, Md.
Elena Esch, West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School, West Lafayette, Ind.
Greta Jochmann, Oak Ridge High School, Knoxville, Tenn.
Peyton Johnson, Catonsville High School, Catonsville, Md.
Sarah Johnson, Brookland-Cayce High School, West Columbia, S.C.
Crystal Koczot, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Wheaton, Md.
Leah Levey, Bexley High School, Bexley, Ohio
Stephanie Myers, Downingtown West High School, Downingtown, Pa.
Hannah Nilsson, Bentonville High School, Bentonville, Ark.
Jennifer Rauch, Wahlert Catholic High School, Dubuque, Iowa
Katie Walter, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Allison Yeager, Thomas S. Wootton High School, North Potomac, Md.

Forwards

Audrey Barry, James W. Robinson Secondary School, Farifax Station, Va.
Rebecca Candler, Medina Senior High School, Medina, Ohio
Erin Emerson, Whitewater High School, Fayetteville, Ga.
Kristen Kelley, Bishop Kelley High School, Tulsa, Okla.
Brittany Kinmond, Spencerport High School, Spencerport, N.Y.
Allison Lewis, Greenville Senior High School, Greenville, S.C.
Mollie Pathman, Durham Academy, Durham, N.C.
Lisa Patusky, Norwalk High School, Norwalk, Ohio
Jordan Pawlik, Bishop Dwenger High School, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Johanna Rambo, Leonardtown High School, Hollywood, Md.
Pamela Vranis, Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, Md.
Caroline Webb, Hutchison School, Memphis, Tenn.

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